CHAP convenes in the spring of 2010 and was to complete its work within 18 months.

2008

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA):

Imposed an interim prohibition on the manufacture for sale, distribution or import into the U.S. of any children’s toy or child care article containing more than 0.1 percent of DINP, DIDP or DnOP; and Mandated the appointment of a seven member CHAP to study the effects on children’s health of all phthalates and phthalate alternatives as used in children’s toys and child care articles.

2007

In a 2007 letter to California Senator George Runner regarding children’s toys and PVC, the CPSC staff reinforced its 2002 decision and indicated “that the CPSC staff has kept abreast of the new research and has not seen anything that would cause a change in the staff’s position on this issue."

2006

The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (the “OSPAR Convention”) concluded that “DINP and DIDP are not PBT [persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic] substances according to OSPAR DYNAMEC or EU-TGD criteria and there is no indication of potential for endocrine disruption.”

2003

The European Union (EU) 2003 risk assessment report on both DINP and DIDP concluded that current uses in applications, such as PVC and polymers, are not expected to pose a risk to human health or the environment, including sensitive populations/children.

2003

The National Toxicology Program’s Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (NTP-CERHR) concluded that there was “minimal concern” regarding risk of developmental or reproductive effects from current exposure levels to DINP and that there was “minimal concern” regarding risk of developmental effects and “negligible concern” regarding risk of reproductive effects from current exposure levels to DIDP.